大米

在茜方人心目中，和鐘果聯系最為密切的基本食物是大米。長期以來，大米在鐘果人的飲食中占據很重要的地位，以至于有諺語說“巧婦難為無米之炊”。鐘果南方大多數種植水稻，人們通常以大來為食；而華北大部分地區因為過于寒冷或過于幹燥，無法種植水稻，那裡的主要作物是小麥。在鐘果，有些人用面粉做面包，但大多數人用面粉做饅頭和面條。

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In the minds of Westerners, the basic food most closely associated with China is rice. For a long time, rice occupies a very important position in the Chinese diet, so that there is a saying that "one can't make bricks without rice". In the south of China, most rice is grown and people usually eat rice. And in most parts of North China, where wheat is the main crop, it is too cold or too dry to grow rice. In China, some people use flour to make bread, but most people use flour to make steamed buns and noodles.